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Before the Rebels got there, they had to get through an encounter with Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Ole Miss didn't play a perfect game, but still ran away from the Golden Lions with a 14-6 win on Wednesday night at Swayze Field.

UAPB (12-24) had its moment, albeit brief, in the sun when Aderly Perez hit a solo home run off Greer Holston during the second at-bat of the game.

The Rebels (23-14) blew open the game over the next two innings. Third baseman Colby Bortles went 3-for-3 at the plate and drove in three runs.

The first of those hits and RBIs came in the form of an RBI double, which scored Will Golsan and tied the game in the bottom of the first. Ryan Olenek gave Ole Miss the lead, which it wouldn't relinquish, with a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.

Seldom-used D.J. Miller and designated hitter Tim Rowe provided the big hits in the second. Miller led off the frame with the first home run of his Ole Miss career, which was sent over the left-field fence.

Six batters later, Rowe walked to the plate with the bases loaded and the Rebels ahead 4-1. He cleared the bases with an RBI double to make it 7-1.

Ole Miss finished with six runs in the second. The Golden Lions managed to creep within four, but the Rebels scored three runs in the sixth, one in the seventh and two more in the eighth.

Perez hit a two-run home run in the ninth to make the margin of defeat a bit smaller for UAPB.

Bortles, Olenek and Rowe each finished with three RBIs. Seven of the nine starters in the Rebels' lineup recorded a hit. Holston picked up the win and improved his record to 2-2 after he pitched five innings, struck out seven and allowed four runs on six hits.

Ole Miss dropped the series finale against LSU on Saturday, which cost it the series and dropped it to 7-8 in SEC play.

The Rebels open the second half of conference play against Missouri, which is also 7-8 in league play, on Friday. The Tigers (26-12) are in fourth place in the SEC East and dropped two out of three games to Kentucky last weekend.